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"We are looking at expanding Paddon Rallysport. That is the first step.

"The first thing for us is having a company structure in place and we need to be employing three or four people. That is a big step to do that – to go from part-time staff and part-time team to a fulltime one."

Paddon hopes to begin putting those blocks in place after heading back to Europe for next weekend's WRC Portugal. After winning the International Rally of Whangarei last week the one-time WRC winner jumped on a plane to prepare for his second and third WRC events of the season with Rally Sardinia following in early June.

He will then head home to begin preparation on his 2019 plans including the potential build of a new Hyundai.

"If you need to turn the car around quickly you can do that with that many people," Paddon added.